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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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